A SERIAL criminal who killed a Birmingham DJ after breaking into his home to steal his BMW has been jailed for four years for another car-key burglary.

Michael McGuire, 25, was sentenced to ten years in December 2004 after Heart FM presenter Tushar Makwana died following a botched robbery, in which he was hit by a getaway vehicle.

The thug was convicted at Leicester Crown Court of charges of manslaughter, robbery and burglary. Three other teenagers were also jailed over the death of the 37-year-old dad-of-three.

But on Wednesday McGuire, of Rye Grass Walk, Castle Vale, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court where he was sentenced to four years after admitting a new domestic burglary and two theft charges.

The court heard he was part of a gang which broke into a house in Sunnybank Road, Sutton Coldfield, stealing car keys and taking two cars, a Seat Leon and Landrover Freelander,

Incredibly Recorder Guthrie, QC, said the raid last October was the THIRD domestic burglary committed by McGuire while on licence for the Tushar convictions. The judge said: “It was a private home, the home was occupied. There were other persons involved and there must have been some planning because what happened was the removal of keys from the hall table through the letter box.

‘‘These were used to steal the two motor cars outside.”

The Judge said McGuire had admitted the offences on the basis he had acted as a look-out and he was prepared to accept “that the enterprise was not your idea”.

He said he had also taken into account that the defendant had a child, but added: “There is evidence that the owner of the property was badly affected with anxiety, which is to be expected.”

It was on February 9 2004 that McGuire and a gang of fellow teenagers had broken into the Castle Bromwich home of Tushar to get to the keys for his BMW.

The brave dad confronted the crooks, but he was knocked down by their getaway car as they fled the scene.

Tushar was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where his wife, Deepika, and family held a bedside vigil. But his injuries proved too severe and the decision to turn off his life support system was made on February 12. Ashley Cooksey, then 18, and Brett Frewin and Matthew Jeffrey, both 17, also received ten-year sentences after being convicted of manslaughter.